The AWP Conference & Bookfair organized by The Association of Writers & Writing Programs returned to Washington, D.C. this weekend – February 9-11, 2017 – for its 50th anniversary conference, the largest literary conference in North America, filling the cavernous … Continue reading →

Two mosques were burned to the ground in Texas in January. Already I should revise the Author’s Note in my novel, Masjid Morning, just published on November 10, 2016. The book is about the determined effort of a group of men to stop the construction … Continue reading →